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Apollo Tyres establishes a global R&D structure
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd has restructured its Research and Developm…

Sino Legend responds to US competition battle
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Zhangjiagang City, China -- Sino Legend (Zhangjiagang) Chemical Co. Ltd, whic…

Goodyear awarded Bombardier OE fitment
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will supply its Goodyear Flight…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 May)
Added: 24 May 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Rea…

Goodyear promotes tyre care for safety week
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is promoting responsible tyre care i…

TPV offers advantages over TPE, Teknor Apex says
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Philadelphia - Teknor Apex has developed a series of thermoplastic vulcanizat…

Dow Corning additive controls foam generation without surface defects
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Midland, Michigan -- Formulators of solventborne coatings and solventless rad…

Scrap tyre conference set for October
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Washington, DC -- The Rubber Manufacturers Assoc…

Yokohama Rubber to supply control tyres for GT ASIA
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd will begin supplying control tyres for GT…

Butadiene report looks at Spanish market to 2016
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Dublin -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new…

Patel joins American National Rubber
Added: 24 May 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Annapolis, Maryland -- Bob Patel has joined Ameri…

Lanxess starts up new nitrile butadiene rubber plant in China
Added: 23 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess has started up a nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR…

Nexen gains Fiat OE fitment; discloses run-flat
Added: 23 May 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Bruce Davis, Tyre Business staff
Changyeong, South Korea -- Nexen Tyre Corp.…

Nokian to start production at 2nd Russian plant
Added: 23 May 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Rubber & Plastics News Staff Report
Vsevolozhsk, Russia -- Nokian Tyres P.L.C.…

Lanxess predicts a bright future for synthetic rubber
Added: 23 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Singapore -- Speciality chemicals company LANXESS predicts a bright future fo…

Bridgestone wins first business with Volvo
Added: 23 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has started supplying Volvo Car Corp. with ori…

TyreSafe re-elects Stuart Jackson as chairman
Added: 23 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Colchester, UK -- Not-for-profit road safety organisation TyreSafe has re-ele…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 May)
Added: 23 May 2012
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

JAMA aims to revitalise Japanese car market in 2012
Added: 23 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) said that despi…

Bridgestone aims for 100% sustainable material tyres
Added: 23 May 2012
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is developing new tyre technologies that will contribute to the realisat…